Uniden UBC-125XLT Handheld Scanner

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The new Uniden ubc125xlt is a compact 500 channel handheld scanner, which covers 25-88mhz, 108-174mhz, 225 – 512mhz and 806 – 960mhz with 5/6.
500 Channels
25-960 MHz (with gaps)
Close call function. 10 search band
It covers 25-88mhz, 108-174mhz, 225 – 512mhz and 806 – 960mhz with 5/6
Antenna: 50 Ohm / IF rejection: 80 Decibel

Customers say

Customers find this scanner to be a great handheld device that works well and is worth its price. They appreciate its reception capabilities, noting it increases signal and range, with one customer mentioning they can listen to airport approaches from 25 miles away. The scanner’s ease of use receives mixed feedback – while some find it easy to use and program, others say it’s not the easiest to set up. The battery life and instruction manual quality also get mixed reviews, with some praising the lasting rechargeable battery while others find the manual not user-friendly.

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  1. F. McLean-Brown

    Brilliant receiver for airband etc
    I cannot think of anything to dislike. Programming it is a doddle when you get used to using the freeware Scan125 and Scan125convert, and with the 125XLT connected to your PC most of the controls can be changed from the screen rather than finding where to do it via the radio buttons. I pay for RRUK so I get a csv file of the frequencies I want from RRUK, convert it using Scan125convert, then load it onto the radio using nScan125, you can say exactly where you want them to go in a particular bank or bank number, then check the banks on your PC screen. I use mine at home and do not go out much, so rather than the standard antenna I have a Broadsword (search on Facebook for his shop) dipole in the loft with the connector in the upstairs study, and if I am downstairs by the garden I put another Broadsword antenna, an airband slim jim, about 20ft up on an extending fishing pole (on a cane pushed into the top section, some poles are carbon fibre). I have also ordered a bluetooth transmitter to send the audio to a bluetooth speaker, apparently connecting a wired speaker to the radio does not work very well, the speaker needs to be powered, like my rechargeable speaker. Apart from civil and military airband the only other of the frequency banks I scan is ham, there are other banks but I set them to not be scanned, and when I did scan them not much was on, perhaps you need a dedicated antenna for them? I am in my mid 60’s and if I can understand it and enjoy it then anyone can, an outside antenna like an airband slim jim is easy to put up in the loft, or on a pole, or just hung up as high as you can get, and IMO is much more effective than the standard rubber duck. A must is to download Scan125 and Scan125 convert, there is a bit of a learning curve but it is worth it for the convenience of running the radio via your PC. At this price you are not going to get a scanner with all the bells and whistles, others can cost many times what this does, in my opinion the 125XLT is brilliant, incredible value, and is great fun to use.Update – I got the bluetooth transmitter/receiver (from ebay!) plus a cheap pair of headphones and they all work great together. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07WT9GV2D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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  2. Mr Andrew Dabell

    Great 500 channel scanner
    This is a great portable scanner. 500 channels over 10 banks. You can also get PC software to easily program it yourself. The software has all of the frequencies in lists of airports, military airfields, local frequencies etc. It will also pick up on strong local transmissions without you needing to do anything. It does come with a printed manual too.

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  3. Robert Brown

    Best on market
    Ideal for any scanner/radio enthusiast i use in aviation setting and is best in market for the money

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  4. Thomas Richards

    Good development
    The device seemed great, unfortunately I found that the battery did not match up to the device description and returned for a refund. The device was going off after only 1 -1 half hours using and to me this was not acceptable. Maybe I had bad batteries, who knows but the device does as it should

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  5. JahWobble

    Uniden UBC 125XLT
    Comparing it against my Grecom PSR295 scanner, the 125XLT is a much better size, the Grecom is like a brick and not that easy to carry around. The Bearcat is quite dinky and will go in a large pocket. The display is large compared with the Grecom and has fewer buttons to fiddle with. It may give the impression of far fewer functions but these are accessed by fewer buttons instead of having buttons specifically assigned to them.Using the manual, it took me a couple of hours to figure out how it works and not much longer to punch in my frequencies. I didn’t by the software so I’ve gone the laborious route. Once mastered, it’s easy to use.It picks up everything I’ve been picking up with the Grecom and doesn’t seem to have any reception problems. I tested it against the Grecom on a sub-squelch transmission (an airport ATIS channel) and the Bearcat seems to pull in a bit more background noise than the Grecom but it’s nothing major.The supplied antenna is actually quite good – although the above-mentioned ATIS transmission was barely audible, it does very well on above-squelch signals and I’ve been happily pulling in aircraft up to 80 miles away (if the reporting points are anything to go by). It is not as good as my MRW100 antenna but you won’t be slapping your forehead in frustration as you might with most manufacturer-supplied rubber ducks.I’ve not used close call because i live in the sticks and am trying for distant signals. One plus is that unlike the Grecom (which has a glitch), I can pick up PMR446 transmissions. You have to press the function button then the rotary knob to access the squelch but I count it as a good thing – it means that I can’t knock it too high by fumbling.Unless I’ve not found it yet, the Bearcat seems to lack an attenuation function, which the Grecom has. Airband freq 133.8 tends to need attenuating where I live or I have to lock it out so attenuation would be a handy feature.It ate the supplied alkaline batteries but does better with NiMH rechargeables (2500ma) so it’s best to carry spares if you’re going to be out with it for a while. I used a trickle or fast charger rather than charging them in the scanner.But in summary, I’m very pleased with the Bearcat, which is a great out-and-about scanner that works very well out of the box with the supplied rubber duck and I heartily recommend it.

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  6. Cliente Amazon

    El scaner se siente sólido y de calidad.Es muy rápido.No es tan complicado de manejar, yo desde 0 lo entendí rápido.Puedes escanear un amplio rango de frecuencias, están dividas bloques. Esos bloques los puedes acultar solo pulsando los números relacionados con los bloques y volver a mostrarlos pulsando otra vez el número.Así escaneas solo las frecuencias que te interesan.Una vez que escuchas una frecuencia de tu interés y la quieres almacenar es muy sencillo .Todas las frecuencias guardadas se almacenan en varios bloques y puedes escanear luego ese almacenamiento de frecuencia guardadas y escucharlas . Silenciar las que no te interesen, fijar una para no escuchar las demás ect.El sonido es muy buenoLas baterías puedes cambiarlas por otras de mayor capacidad o poner pilas.Puedes conectar auriculares.Tiene todo lo que tiene que tener un scaner portátil analógico.La antena no es mala… pero si quieres sacar el máximo partido al scaner necesitas una antena base , yo tengo una bibanda x30 cuando estoy en casa . Cuando salgo con el scaner utilizo la de origen y otra telescópica.Si sales por la montaña puedes escanear rápidamente las frecuencias activas y con un walkie talkie comunicarte.Es entretenido y un pasatiempos.Tenía dudas en si comprar el escaner portátil o de base… me gusta salir y viajar . Ha sido la mejor elección para mi.Bien producto y de calidad. Recomendado.La entrega en 24 horas así que a sido todo perfecto.

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  7. Jos Schoofs

    Snel geleverd. Wel bijkomende software nodig om goed te kunnen programmeren.

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  8. quang

    Svårt använd, fungera som det ska!

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  9. Kika

    Klein aber fein!Der Scanner bietet alles außer “Digital-funk”!Ich benutze den Scanner überwiegend für Flugfunk, AM!Für den Preis unschlagbar.Die Bedienung (Ein Knopf/Taste hat mehrere Funktionen) ist etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig aber wenn man mal alle Funktionen, die das Teil bietet ausschöpfen kann, dann ist der sehr handliche Scanner mit sehr guten Empfang und Lautsprecher der Hit!

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  10. Camillo Catellani – Teramo

    866.700Cominciamo con le dolenti note:— il manuale è solo in inglese.— Le batterie ricaricabli sono di infimo valore:non si ricaricano (il display si blocca su ‘Charge Off’):le ho sostituite con due batterie Amazon, notoriamenteperfette, ed il display diceva ‘Charging’.Imaparare ad usare questo scanner, con il manualein inglese per giunta, agli inizi è dura, ma io sonoun tipo che non si scoraggia: abituati troppo benecon i cinesini e gli apparati amatoriali, questo scannerUniden è quel che dichiara, una macchina da guerraper le scansioni.Di intuitivo non c’è molto, c’è da leggere e rileggere,ma una volta capìte le funzioni si haun’apparato davvero potente,ad un prezzo relativamente basso.I ricetrasmettitori cinesi portatili bibanda, con pochedecine di euro, fanno cose egregie, ma ad esempionon hanno la banda 25-70 MHz. nè tantomenoquella 800-950 MHz., e soprattutto non hannola banda aerea in AM.Invece questo Uniden ha la Banda Aerea e vàdavvero bene, specie con una antenna esterna.Se poi potete montare una antenna aeronauticasul tetto sarete al top.Io ascolto molti aviogetti in volo con unaantenna bibanda amatoriale (VHF-UHF), quindinon tarata per questa banda, ma non me accorgoneanche…Utile sempre, ed in certi casi indispensabile,un filtro attenuatore di 88-108 (le radio in FM)che rientrano con spurie anche in ricevitoriben più prestigiosi (e costosi) di questo:io uso da molto tempo, i filtri-Veniani,che a fronte di minime perdite di inserzioneoffrono attenuazioni eccellenti.Ad esempio, nella mia località, attorno ai134 MHz. non si poteva ascoltare nulla inFM stretta poichè rientrava una radio FMcon musica sparata a tutto gas in FM larga.Con il fitro attenuatore, posto tra ricevitoreed antenna, le cose cambiano decisamente.Un buon filtro soppressore rende spesso ascoltabilisegnali altrimenti inaudibili per colpa dellespurie delle radio in FM, inoltre ‘ripuliscono’bene le frequenze in generale, rendendo piùfacile l’ascolto di parecchie stazioni primamai ricevute.Detto questo, passo ai molti pregi di questoUniden: innanzitutto la luce del display, che poteteaccendere o spegnere a piacimento: non c’è cosapiù noiosa, infatti, di star sempre lì a riaccenderela lucetta temporizzata di certi portatili…Non solo, potete anche personalizzare l’accensione:se volete che si accende solo quando il ricevitoretrova un segnale, ma anche con altre opzioni.Poi abbiamo il TAG, ossia possiamo mettereun nome alle nostre memorie, di ben 16 caratterialfanumerici e diversi simboli.Il display è ampio, i caratteri sufficientemente grandie cosa molto comoda, il contrasto dei caratteri èampiamente regolabile.Questi Uniden sono decenni che li vedo sulle rivistee su Internet, ma non mi ero mai fidato, li ho semprevisti come ‘giocattolini’, proprio come vedevo iricevitori AoR: con questo UBC-125-XLT,invece scopro un mondo nuovo, apparati in fondorelativamente poco costosi e dalle prestazionientusiasmanti.Purtroppo, come dicevo all’inizio, non è una radiomolto amichevole: nasce come scanner puro,con funzioni molto interessanti (ad esempio la scansionesuperveloce), quindi non è fatto per chi vuole fareuna semplice ricerca di frequenze e una semplicememorizzazione.C’è tutta una serie di procedure da fare anche solo perricercare una singola frequenza, ma credetemi, ne valela pena: in fondo basta avere un pò di pazienza e si potràpadroneggiare questo ricevitore-scanner con sommopiacere.L’antennino in dotazione ovviamente non permettegrandi cose: io non l’ho nemmeno montato, avendogli eccellenti e lunghissimi stilo in dotazione agliscanner Aor: le prestazioni sono, anche in interni,soddisfacenti; ovio che all’aperto, è tutta un’altracosa…Il supporto per l’ancoraggio ai pantaloni è moltosolido e lo troviamo già avvitato sul retro dell’apparato,mentre il cinghiello dovrete allacciarlo da soli, in unocchiello dello stesso supporto-pantaloni.L’audio è piuttosto potente e chiaro.Sulla sommità della radio c’è la presa per lecuffie, tipica da 3,5.Per regolare il volume, si deve premere la manopoladi sintonia, per regolare lo squelch, prima si devepigiare il tasto funzione, quindi premere la manopoladi sintonia.In entrambi i casi compare sul display una slide chevi indica il livello da voi prescelto.Quando si preme la manopola di sintonia, il displayvisualizza anche lo stato di carica degli accumulatoriespresso in tensione (Volt).Premendo il tasto funzione, potete scegliere, a secondadei tasti numerici scelti, il passo di sintonia (step) ed ilmodo di ricezione (AM o FM).ADDENDA DEL 12 AGOSTO 2021Sono passati tre anni e mezzo dall’acquisto di questosplendido ricevitore, e ne sono sempre innamorato!Penso che ne comprerò un’altro a breve, e poi anchealtri modelli della stessa marca, Uniden.Centinaia di ore in ascolto delle frequenze tra 25 e 900 MHz.in modalità Scansione Memorie, con le solide prestazioniofferte già con la sola antennina-base in dotazione.Con antenna esterna le prestazioni migliorano sensibilmentee senza traccia di intermodulazioni-FM tra i 70 ed i 174 MHz.Compratelo ad occhi chiusi se siete appassionati di radioascoltoin genere, radioamatori o ascoltatori di aeroporti e aerei in volo.Bene anche per la banda CB anche se non potrete ascoltarei DX a 27.555 KHz poichè non ha la SSB (ma questo ricevitorenon nasce per la ricezione delle bande laterali).

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